US11286437B2 - Slag discharge device, gasifier furnace and integrated gasification combined cycle, and slag discharge method - Google Patents

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US11286437B2 US16/969,233 US201916969233A US11286437B2 US 11286437 B2 US11286437 B2 US 11286437B2 US 201916969233 A US201916969233 A US 201916969233A US 11286437 B2 US11286437 B2 US 11286437B2
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  • the present invention relates to a slag discharge device, a gasifier furnace, an integrated gasification combined cycle, and a slag discharge method.
  • a carbonaceous fuel gasification unit (coal gasification unit) adapted to generate combustible gas by supplying carbonaceous feedstock such as coal into gasifier furnaces and partially burning the carbonaceous feedstock to gasify the carbonaceous feedstock is known.
  • Some gasifier furnaces are provided with discharge devices adapted to discharge ash content of the carbonaceous feedstock put into the gasifier furnaces.
  • ash content in carbonaceous feedstock put into a gasifier furnace is melted and captured by a combustor of the gasifier furnace, flows down as molten slag into slag bath water at a lower portion of a gasifier furnace pressure vessel due to gravity, and is suddenly cooled down in the slag bath water to be water-granulated and solidified, thereby forming water-granulated slag (hereinafter, described as slag).
  • the slag settles out in the water and is then discharged to the outside of the gasifier furnace.
  • the slag needs to have a particle size that is equal to or less than a specific particle size in order to prevent slag blockage in the middle of a flow path for discharging the slag to the outside of the gasifier furnace.
  • a gasifier furnace provided with a device (slag crusher) adapted to cause slag to drop onto a screen and capture and crush slag with a particle size larger than a specific particle size that has been sorted using an aperture size of the screen (PTL 1, for example).
  • the gasifier furnace in PTL 1 includes a slag capturing surface (screen mesh) adapted to capture slag with a particle size exceeding the specific particle size from water-granulated slag settling out and a crushing device adapted to crush the captured slag, thereby enabling stable discharge of the slag to the outside of the pressure vessel of the gasifier furnace.
  • a slag capturing surface screen mesh
  • a crushing device adapted to crush the captured slag, thereby enabling stable discharge of the slag to the outside of the pressure vessel of the gasifier furnace.
  • a slag flowing-down port may be provided at a combustor furnace bottom portion, and molten slag may be caused to flow down from the slag flowing-down port using the gravity, such that the molten slag stably flows down when the molten slag flows down into slag bath water.
  • the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a slag discharge device, a gasifier furnace and an integrated gasification combined cycle, and a slag discharge method capable of curbing localization of damage on a slag capturing portion caused when slag passes therethrough.
  • a slag discharge device, a gasifier furnace and an integrated gasification combined cycle, and a slag discharge method according to the present invention employ the following means.
  • a slag discharge device is a slag discharge device that discharges, from a gasifier furnace adapted to gasify carbonaceous feedstock, slag that is generated at a combustor portion of the gasifier furnace and drops from the combustor portion, the slag discharge device including: a capturing portion that is a porous member provided vertically below the combustor portion so as to intersect a dropping direction of the slag and including a plurality of through-holes formed therein, that allows the slag smaller than the through-holes to pass therethrough, and that captures the slag larger than the through-holes; and a crushing means for crushing the slag captured by the capturing portion, in which the crushing means has a plurality of crushing portions that break, with a pressure, and thus crush the slag that is present on a main capturing surface that is an upper surface of the capturing portion in a vertical direction, a drive portion that reciprocates the crushing portions in a predetermined direction along the main
  • a slag bath filled with cooling water is provided at a vertically lower portion inside the gasifier furnace, and the slag smaller than the through-holes formed in the capturing portion in the slag that is molten slag dropping from the combustor portion of the gasifier furnace into the slag bath and suddenly cooled therein passes through the capturing portion and is then discharged from the slag discharge device.
  • the slag larger than the through-holes formed in the capturing portion is captured by the capturing portion and is accumulated on the main capturing surface that is the upper surface of the capturing portion in the vertical direction.
  • the slag captured by the capturing portion is accumulated on the main capturing surface.
  • the slag accumulated on the main capturing surface is broken, with a pressure, and is thus crushed by the drive portion reciprocating the crushing portions of the crushing means in the predetermined direction along the main capturing surface.
  • the slag is crushed into a size smaller than the through-holes by the crushing portions.
  • the slag that has been crushed into a size smaller than the through-holes passes through the through-holes in the capturing portion and is then discharged from the slag discharge device of the gasifier furnace.
  • the slag that is to be discharged from the slag discharge device of the gasifier furnace it is possible to cause the slag that is to be discharged from the slag discharge device of the gasifier furnace to have a size that is equal to or less than a predetermined particle size in this manner and thereby to prevent blockage of a flow path for discharging the slag to the outside of the pressure vessel.
  • the regulation portions that regulate the direction of moving of the crushing portions when the drive portion reciprocates the crushing portions in the predetermined direction it is possible to curb damage on the drive portion using a reaction force generated in a direction that is different from the direction of moving of the crushing portions when the crushing portions breaks the slag with a pressure.
  • the main capturing surface, the plurality of crushing portions, and the plurality of regulation portions section the space in which the slag is crushed and form the plurality of crushing spaces.
  • the communication portion is formed in the regulation portion.
  • a part of the slag crushed by the pressure from the crushing portions passes through the communication portion and moves into other adjacent crushing spaces when the crushing portions break, with a pressure, the slag in the crushing spaces. Since a part of the slag captured by the capturing portion is distributed into the plurality of crushing spaces in this manner, it is possible to curb uneven distribution to the slag at a specific crushing space. Further, it is possible to reduce a load of each of the crushing portions when the crushing portions break the slag with a pressure, thereby to improve reliability, and to extend the lifetime, by configuring the crushing portions in a plurality of sets.
  • the plurality of crushing spaces may be disposed to be aligned in a direction that intersects the predetermined direction, and a jetting means for jetting a fluid may be provided in a direction that intersects the dropping direction of the slag and intersects the predetermined direction between the combustor portion and the capturing portion.
  • the plurality of crushing spaces are disposed to be aligned in the direction that intersects the predetermined direction
  • the jetting means provided between the combustor portion and the capturing portion is adapted to jet a fluid such as a slag bath supply water in the direction that intersects the predetermined direction.
  • the jetting means is adapted to jet the fluid in an alignment direction of the plurality of crushing spaces.
  • the plurality of crushing spaces may be disposed to be aligned in a direction that intersects the predetermined direction, and a distribution portion that distributes the slag dropping from the combustor portion in the direction intersecting the predetermined direction may be provided between the combustor portion and the capturing portion.
  • the plurality of crushing spaces are disposed to be aligned in the direction that intersects the predetermined direction, and the distribution portion provided between the combustor portion and the capturing portion disperses and distributes the slag in the direction that intersects the predetermined direction.
  • the distribution portion provided between the combustor portion and the capturing portion disperses and distributes the slag in the direction that intersects the predetermined direction.
  • a gasifier furnace includes: the slag discharge device according to any one of the aforementioned aspects.
  • An integrated gasification combined cycle includes: the aforementioned gasifier furnace; a gas turbine that is driven to rotate by burning at least a part of raw syngas generated in the gasifier furnace; a steam turbine that is driven to rotate by steam generated by a heat recovery steam generator that introduces turbine flue gas discharged from the gas turbine thereinto; and a generator that is rotatably coupled to the gas turbine and/or the steam turbine.
  • a slag discharge method is a slag discharge method using a slag discharge device that discharges, from a gasifier furnace adapted to gasify carbonaceous feedback, slag generated at a combustor portion of the gasifier furnace and dropping from the combustor portion, the slag discharge device including a capturing portion that is a porous member provided vertically below the combustor portion so as to intersect a dropping direction of the slag and including a plurality of through-holes formed therein, that allows the slag smaller than the through-holes to pass therethrough, and that captures the slag larger than the through-holes; and a crushing means for crushing the slag captured by the capturing portion, in which the crushing means has a plurality of crushing portions that break, with a pressure, and thus crush the slag that is present on a main capturing surface that is an upper surface of the capturing portion in a vertical direction, a drive portion that reciprocates the crushing portions in a predetermined
  • FIG. 1 is an overview configuration diagram illustrating an integrated coal gasification combined cycle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is an overview configuration diagram illustrating a gasifier furnace unit in FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of a gasifier furnace according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view in the direction of the arrow A-A in FIG. 3 .
  • FIG. 5 is a sectional view in the direction of the arrow B-B in FIG. 3 .
  • FIG. 6 is a plan view of a crushing device in FIG. 3 .
  • FIG. 7 is a sectional view in the direction of the arrow A-A in FIG. 6 .
  • FIG. 8 is a sectional view in the direction of the arrow B-B in FIG. 6 .
  • FIG. 9 is a vertical sectional view of main components of a gasifier furnace according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a plan view of a crushing device in FIG. 9 .
  • FIG. 11 is a vertical sectional view of main components of a gasifier furnace according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 12 is a plan view of a crushing device in FIG. 11 .
  • FIGS. 1 to 8 A first embodiment will be described on the basis of FIGS. 1 to 8 .
  • FIG. 1 is an overview configuration diagram of an integrated coal gasification combined cycle to which a gasifier furnace unit according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
  • An integrated coal gasification combined cycle (IGCC) 210 to which a gasifier furnace unit 214 according to the embodiment is applied uses air as a main oxygen containing gas, and the gasifier furnace unit 214 employs an air combustion scheme in which combustible gas (raw syngas) is generated from a fuel.
  • the integrated coal gasification combined cycle 210 then purifies the raw syngas generated in the gasifier furnace unit 214 into fuel gas using a gas clean-up unit 216 and supplies the fuel gas to a gas turbine 217 to generate power.
  • the integrated coal gasification combined cycle 210 according to the first embodiment is a power generation unit of an air combustion scheme (air blowing).
  • carbonaceous feedstock such as a coal, for example, is used.
  • the integrated coal gasification combined cycle 210 includes a coal supply unit 211 , the gasifier furnace unit 214 , a char recovery unit 215 , the gas clean-up unit 216 , the gas turbine 217 , a steam turbine 218 , a generator 219 , and a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) 220 .
  • a coal supply unit 211 the gasifier furnace unit 214 , a char recovery unit 215 , the gas clean-up unit 216 , the gas turbine 217 , a steam turbine 218 , a generator 219 , and a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) 220 .
  • HRSG heat recovery steam generator
  • Coal that is carbonaceous feedstock is supplied as raw coal to the coal supply unit 211 , and the coal supply unit 211 crushes the coal using a coal mill (not illustrated) or the like, thereby producing pulverized coal crushed into a minute particle form.
  • the pulverized coal produced by the coal supply unit 211 is pressurized by nitrogen gas that is inert gas for transport supplied from an air separation unit (ASU) 42 , which will be described later, at an outlet of a coal supply line 211 a and is then supplied toward the gasifier furnace unit 214 .
  • the inert gas is non-reactive gas with oxygen content of equal to or less than about 5% by volume, and representative examples thereof include nitrogen gas, carbon dioxide gas, and argon gas. However, the inert gas is not necessarily limited to the gas with the oxygen content of equal to or less than about 5% by volume.
  • the pulverized coal produced by the coal supply unit 211 is supplied, and also, char (an unreacted part of the coal and ash content) recovered by the char recovery unit 215 is returned and supplied for the purpose of reusing it.
  • a compressed air supply line 41 from the gas turbine 217 is connected to the gasifier furnace unit 214 , and a pressure of a part of compressed air that is compressed by the gas turbine 217 is boosted to a predetermined pressure by a booster 68 such that the part of compressed air can be supplied to the gasifier furnace unit 214 .
  • the air separation unit 42 is adapted to separate and generate nitrogen and oxygen from the air in the atmosphere, and the air separation unit 42 and the gasifier furnace unit 214 are connected to each other with a first nitrogen supply line 43 .
  • the coal supply line 211 a from the coal supply unit 211 is connected to the first nitrogen supply line 43 .
  • a second nitrogen supply line 45 branched from the first nitrogen supply line 43 is also connected to the gasifier furnace unit 214 , and a char returning line 46 from the char recovery unit 215 is connected to the second nitrogen supply line 45 .
  • the air separation unit 42 is connected to the compressed air supply line 41 with an oxygen supply line 47 .
  • the nitrogen separated by the air separation unit 42 is distributed through the first nitrogen supply line 43 and the second nitrogen supply line 45 and is thus used as a gas for transporting the coal and the char.
  • the oxygen separated by the air separation unit 42 is distributed through the oxygen supply line 47 and the compressed air supply line 41 and is thus used as oxygen containing gas in the gasifier furnace unit 214 .
  • the gasifier furnace unit 214 includes a gasifier furnace 1 (see FIGS. 2 and 3 ) of a two-stage entrained-flow type, for example.
  • the gasifier furnace unit 214 partially burns the coal (pulverized coal) and the char supplied thereinto with oxygen containing gas (air, oxygen) and thus gasifies the coal and the char into raw syngas.
  • the gasifier furnace unit 214 is provided with a foreign matter removing unit 48 adapted to remove foreign matters (slag) mixed into the pulverized coal.
  • a gas generation line 49 adapted to supply the raw syngas toward the char recovery unit 215 is connected to the gasifier furnace unit 214 such that the raw syngas containing the char can be discharged.
  • the gas generation line 49 may be provided with a syngas cooler 102 (gas cooler) as illustrated in FIG. 2 to cool the raw syngas to a predetermined temperature and then supply the raw syngas to the char recovery unit 215 .
  • the char recovery unit 215 includes a dust collecting unit 51 and a supply hopper 52 .
  • the dust collecting unit 51 is configured of one or a plurality of cyclones or porous filters and can separate the char contained in the raw syngas generated in the gasifier furnace unit 214 .
  • the raw syngas, from which the char has been separated, is fed to the gas clean-up unit 216 through the gas discharge line 53 .
  • the supply hopper 52 stores the char separated from the raw syngas by the dust collecting unit 51 . Note that a configuration in which a plurality of supply hoppers 52 are connected to a bin with the bin disposed between the dust collecting unit 51 and the supply hoppers 52 may be employed. Also, the char returning line 46 from the supply hopper 52 is connected to the second nitrogen supply line 45 .
  • the gas clean-up unit 216 is adapted to perform gas purification on the raw syngas, from which the char has been separated by the char recovery unit 215 , by removing impurities such as sulfur compounds and nitrogen compounds therefrom.
  • the gas clean-up unit 216 then purifies the raw syngas to produce fuel gas and supplies the fuel gas to the gas turbine 217 . Note that since sulfur content (such as H 2 S) is still contained in the raw syngas from which the char has been separated, the gas clean-up unit 216 removes and recovers the sulfur content using an amine absorbent or the like and effectively use the sulfur content.
  • the gas turbine 217 includes a compressor 61 , a combustor 62 , and a turbine 63 , and the compressor 61 and the turbine 63 are coupled to each other with a rotation shaft 64 .
  • a compressed air supply line 65 from the compressor 61 is connected, a fuel gas supply line 66 from the gas clean-up unit 216 is connected, and also a combustion gas supply line 67 extending toward the turbine 63 is connected.
  • the gas turbine 217 is provided with the compressed air supply line 41 extending from the compressor 61 to the gasifier furnace unit 214 , and the booster 68 is provided at a midpoint thereof.
  • the combustor 62 burns a part of the compressed air supplied from the compressor 61 and at least a part of the fuel gas supplied from the gas clean-up unit 216 in a mixed manner to generate combustion gas and then supplies the generated combustion gas toward the turbine 63 .
  • the turbine 63 then drives the rotation shaft 64 to rotate by the supplied combustion gas, thereby driving the generator 219 to rotate.
  • the steam turbine 218 includes a turbine 69 coupled to the rotation shaft 64 of the gas turbine 217 , and the generator 219 is coupled to a proximal end portion of the rotation shaft 64 .
  • a flue gas line 70 from the gas turbine 217 (turbine 63 ) is connected to the heat recovery steam generator 220 , and the heat recovery steam generator 220 generates steam through heat exchange between water supplied to the heat recovery steam generator 220 and the flue gas from the turbine 63 .
  • the heat recovery steam generator 220 is provided with a steam supply line 71 between the heat recovery steam generator 220 and the turbine 69 of the steam turbine 218 and with a steam recovery line 72
  • the steam recovery line 72 is provided with a condenser 73 .
  • the steam generated by the heat recovery steam generator 220 may contain steam generated through heat exchange with the raw syngas at the syngas cooler 102 of the gasifier furnace 1 .
  • the steam turbine 218 drives the turbine 69 to rotate with the steam generated from the heat recovery steam generator 220 and thus causes the rotation shaft 64 to rotate, thereby driving the generator 219 to rotate.
  • a gas purification unit 74 is provided from the outlet of the heat recovery steam generator 220 to a stack 75 .
  • the coal is pulverized into a minute particle form by the coal supply unit 211 and is formed into pulverized coal.
  • the pulverized coal produced by the coal supply unit 211 is distributed through the first nitrogen supply line 43 using nitrogen supplied from the air separation unit 42 and is supplied to the gasifier furnace unit 214 .
  • the char recovered by the char recovery unit 215 which will be described later, is distributed through the second nitrogen supply line 45 using nitrogen supplied from the air separation unit 42 and is supplied to the gasifier furnace unit 214 .
  • the pressure of the compressed air extracted from the gas turbine 217 which will be described later, is boosted by the booster 68 , and the compressed air is then supplied along with oxygen supplied from the air separation unit 42 to the gasifier furnace unit 214 through the compressed air supply line 41 .
  • the gasifier furnace unit 214 burns the supplied pulverized coal and the char with the compressed air (oxygen) and gasifies the pulverized coal and the char, thereby generating raw syngas.
  • the raw syngas is then discharged from the gasifier furnace unit 214 through the gas generation line 49 and is fed to the char recovery unit 215 .
  • the raw syngas is supplied to the dust collecting unit 51 first, and minute particulate char contained in the raw syngas is separated therefrom. Then, the raw syngas from which the char has been separated is fed to the gas clean-up unit 216 through the gas discharge line 53 . On the other hand, the minute particulate char separated from the raw syngas is accumulated in the supply hopper 52 , is returned to the gasifier furnace unit 214 through the char returning line 46 , and is recycled.
  • Gas purification of the raw syngas from which the char has been separated by the char recovery unit 215 is performed by the gas clean-up unit 216 removing impurities such as sulfur compounds and nitrogen compounds therefrom, and fuel gas is thus produced.
  • the compressor 61 generates compressed air and supplies the compressed air to the combustor 62 .
  • the combustor 62 mixes the compressed air supplied from the compressor 61 with the fuel gas supplied from the gas clean-up unit 216 and burns the compressed air and the fuel gas, thereby generating combustion gas.
  • the turbine 63 is driven to rotate using the combustion gas, and the compressor 61 and the generator 219 are thus driven to rotate via the rotation shaft 64 . In this manner, the gas turbine 217 can generate power.
  • the heat recovery steam generator 220 generates steam through heat exchange between the flue gas from the turbine 63 of the gas turbine 217 and the water supplied to the heat recovery steam generator 220 and supplies the generated steam to the steam turbine 218 .
  • the steam turbine 218 can drive the turbine 69 to rotate with the steam supplied from the heat recovery steam generator 220 and thus drives the generator 219 to rotate via the rotation shaft 64 , thereby generating power.
  • gas turbine 217 and the steam turbine 218 may not serve as the same shaft to drive the one generator 219 to rotate and may serve as different shafts to drive a plurality of generators to rotate.
  • FIG. 2 is an overview configuration diagram illustrating the gasifier furnace unit in FIG. 1 .
  • the gasifier furnace unit 214 includes the gasifier furnace 1 and the syngas cooler 102 as illustrated in FIG. 2 .
  • the gasifier furnace 1 is formed to extend in the vertical direction, pulverized coal and oxygen are supplied to the lower side in the vertical direction, and raw gas gasified through partial combustion is distributed from the lower side toward the upper side in the vertical direction.
  • the gasifier furnace 1 has a pressure vessel 2 and a gasifier furnace wall (furnace wall) 111 provided inside the pressure vessel 2 . Also, an annulus portion 115 is formed in the gasifier furnace 1 in a space between the pressure vessel 2 and the gasifier furnace wall 111 .
  • a combustor portion 3 a diffuser portion 117 , and a reductor portion 118 are formed in a space inside the gasifier furnace wall 111 in order from the lower side in the vertical direction (that is, from the upstream side of the distribution direction of the raw syngas).
  • the pressure vessel 2 is provided with a slag discharge device 5 formed into a tubular shape with a hollow space therein, having a gas discharge port 121 formed at an upper end portion thereof, and provided with a slag bath 4 formed at a lower portion thereof to discharge solidified slag from the pressure vessel 2 (see FIG. 3 ).
  • a slag discharge device 5 formed into a tubular shape with a hollow space therein, having a gas discharge port 121 formed at an upper end portion thereof, and provided with a slag bath 4 formed at a lower portion thereof to discharge solidified slag from the pressure vessel 2 (see FIG. 3 ).
  • the slag bath 4 and the slag discharge device 5 are not illustrated in FIG. 2 for convenience of explanation using the illustration. Details of the structure for discharging, from the pressure vessel 2 using the slag discharge device 5 and the like, the slag as a foreign matter dropping from the combustor portion 3 and then solidified will be described later.
  • the gasifier furnace wall 111 is formed into a tubular shape with a hollow space therein, and a wall surface thereof is provided to face the inner surface of the pressure vessel 2 .
  • the pressure vessel 2 has a cylindrical shape, and the diffuser portion 117 of the gasifier furnace wall 111 is also formed into a cylindrical shape.
  • the gasifier furnace wall 111 is coupled to the inner surface of the pressure vessel 2 with a support member, which is not illustrated.
  • the gasifier furnace wall 111 separates the inside of the pressure vessel 2 into an inner space 154 and an outer space 156 .
  • the gasifier furnace wall 111 has a cross sectional shape that is a shape changing at the diffuser portion 117 between the combustor portion 3 and the reductor portion 118 as will be described later.
  • the gasifier furnace wall 111 has an upper end portion located on the vertically upper side connected to the gas discharge port 121 of the pressure vessel 2 and has a lower end portion located on the vertically lower side with a gap from a bottom portion of the pressure vessel 2 .
  • cooling water W is stored at the bottom portion of the pressure vessel 2 , and the inside and the outside of the gasifier furnace wall 111 are sealed by the lower end portion of the gasifier furnace wall 111 soaking in the cooling water W.
  • Burners 126 and 127 are inserted into the gasifier furnace wall 111 , and the syngas cooler 102 is disposed in the inner space 154 .
  • the structure of the gasifier furnace wall 111 will be described later.
  • the annulus portion 115 corresponds to a space formed inside the pressure vessel 2 and a space outside the gasifier furnace wall 111 , that is, the outer space 156 , and nitrogen that is non-reactive gas separated by the air separation unit 42 is supplied thereto through the nitrogen supply line, which is not illustrated.
  • the annulus portion 115 is a space filled with the nitrogen.
  • an intra-furnace pressure equalizer pipe which is not illustrated, for equalizing the pressure in the gasifier furnace 1 is provided in the vicinity of the upper portion of the annulus portion 115 in the vertical direction.
  • the intra-furnace pressure equalizer pipe is provided to establish communication between the inside and the outside of the gasifier furnace wall 111 and substantially equalizes the pressure such that a pressure difference between the inside of the gasifier furnace wall 111 (the combustor portion 3 , the diffuser portion 117 , and the reductor portion 118 ) and the outside (the annulus portion 115 ) fall within a predetermined pressure.
  • the combustor portion 3 is a space in which the pulverized coal and the char are partially burned with air, and a plurality of combustion devices configured of the plurality of burners 126 are disposed on the gasifier furnace wall 111 of the combustor portion 3 .
  • the combustion gas at a high temperature that has partially burned the pulverized coal and the char at the combustor portion 3 passes through the diffuser portion 117 and then flows into the reductor portion 118 .
  • the reductor portion 118 is a space in which the pulverized coal is supplied to the combustion gas from the combustor portion 3 maintained at a high-temperature state required for a gasification reaction, partial combustion is caused, and the pulverized coal is decomposed into volatile content (carbon monoxide, hydrogen, lower hydrocarbon, and the like) and then gasified to generate raw syngas, and the combustion devices configured of the plurality of burners 127 are disposed on the gasifier furnace wall 111 of the reductor portion 118 .
  • the syngas cooler 102 is provided inside the gasifier furnace wall 111 and is provided on the upper side of the burners 127 of the reductor portion 118 in the vertical direction.
  • the syngas cooler 102 is a heat exchanger, and an evaporator 131 , a superheater 132 , and an economizer 134 are disposed in order from the lower side of the gasifier furnace wall 111 in the vertical direction (the upstream side in the distribution direction of the raw syngas).
  • the syngas cooler 102 performs heat exchange with the raw syngas generated in the reductor portion 118 , thereby cooling the raw syngas.
  • the numbers of the evaporator 131 , the superheater 132 , and the economizer 134 are not limited to the numbers illustrated in the drawing.
  • molten slag S 1 adheres to the gasifier furnace wall 111 and drops into the cooling water W.
  • the molten slag S 1 that has dropped into the cooling water W is solidified into water-granulated slag (slag) S 2 , a predetermined treatment is performed thereon, and the water granulated slag S 2 is then discharged to the foreign matter removing unit 48 .
  • slag water-granulated slag
  • the high-temperature combustion gas generated in the combustor portion 3 moves up to the reductor portion 118 through the diffuser portion 117 .
  • the reductor portion 118 is maintained at a high-temperature state required for a gasification reaction, the pulverized coal is mixed with the high-temperature combustion gas therein, and the pulverized coal is partially burned in a high-temperature reducing atmosphere to cause a gasification reaction, thereby generating the raw syngas.
  • the gasified raw syngas is distributed from the lower side toward the upper side in the vertical direction.
  • the structure for discharging the slag is configured mainly of the slag bath 4 adapted to receive the molten slag S 1 dropping from the combustor portion 3 and the slag discharge device 5 adapted to treat the water-granulated slag S 2 that is solidified molten slag S 1 .
  • a bottom surface portion 3 a with an opening diameter gradually reduced toward the lower side is provided at the lower end portion of the combustor portion 3 .
  • a circular opening 3 b penetrating in the up-down direction is formed, and a plurality of (two in an example of the embodiment) wall portions 3 c provided so as to stand in the up-down direction along the edge of the opening 3 b are provided, at substantially the center of the bottom surface portion 3 a in a plan view in the example of the embodiment.
  • each of the wall portions 3 c is formed into an arc shape with an angle that is slightly smaller than 180 degrees, and the wall portions 3 c are disposed such that ends thereof in the circumferential direction are separated from each other, thereby forming slag flowing-down ports 3 d.
  • the opening 3 b formed at the bottom surface portion 3 a is surrounded by the two wall portions 3 c, and the gap formed between the two wall portions 3 c communicates with the space outside the wall portions 3 c through the slag flowing-down ports 3 d.
  • the molten slag S 1 melted in the combustor portion 3 is lowered with its gravity along the inner circumferential surface (that is, the inner circumferential surface of the gasifier furnace wall 111 ) and the bottom surface portion 3 a of the combustor portion 3 , flows from the slag flowing-down ports 3 d into the opening 3 b, flows downward through the openings 3 b along the two slag flowing-down ports 3 d in the embodiment, and drops to two locations.
  • the combustor portion 3 is of the entrained-flow type, the combustor portion 3 is not limited thereto and may be of a fluidized-bed type or a fixed-bed type.
  • the slag bath 4 is a tubular member with an inner surface with a reverse truncated quadrangular pyramid shape or a reverse circular conical shape and is disposed at a lower portion of the combustor portion 3 .
  • the slag bath 4 and the combustor portion 3 are disposed such that central axes thereof in the up-down direction are located coaxially.
  • the lower portion inside the gasifier furnace 1 is filled with the cooling water W, and the water surface of the cooling water W is adjusted to be located between an upper end of the slag bath 4 and a lower end of the combustor portion 3 .
  • the slag bath 4 is in a submerged state, and the inside of the slag bath 4 is filled with the cooling water W.
  • the molten slag S 1 generated by and dropping from the combustor portion 3 is rapidly cooled with the cooling water W inside the slag bath 4 .
  • the rapidly cooled molten slag S 1 is water-granulated and solidified to form the water-granulated slag (slag) S 2 , is crushed into minute pieces by a crushing device 7 , and is then collected at a lower portion of the slag bath 4 .
  • the water-granulated slag S 2 collected at the lower portion of the slag bath 4 passes through an opening 4 a formed at a lower end of the slag bath 4 and is then supplied to the slag discharge device 5 .
  • the slag bath 4 is disposed such that the opening 4 a formed at the lower end of the slag bath 4 is located substantially vertically below the opening 3 b formed at the bottom surface portion 3 a of the combustor portion 3 .
  • the slag discharge device 5 is disposed at a lower portion of the slag bath 4 .
  • the slag discharge device 5 has a screen mesh (capturing portion) 6 provided so as to intersect the dropping direction of the water-granulated slag S 2 , the crushing device (crushing means) 7 adapted to crush the water-granulated slag S 2 captured by the screen mesh 6 , and a discharge portion 8 adapted to discharge the water-granulated slag S 2 crushed by the crushing device 7 from the pressure vessel 2 .
  • the screen mesh 6 is a rectangular plate-shaped member that has a plurality of (rectangular in an example of the embodiment) through-holes 6 a penetrating in the up-down direction, allows the water-granulated slag S 2 smaller than the opening dimension of the through-holes 6 a to pass therethrough, and captures the water-granulated slag S 2 larger than the through-holes 6 a.
  • the screen mesh 6 is provided so as to intersect the dropping direction of the water-granulated slag S 2 dropping from the combustor portion 3 .
  • the shape of the through-holes 6 a formed in the screen mesh 6 is not limited to the rectangular shape and may be a circular shape or a polygonal shape, for example.
  • the screen mesh 6 is disposed so as to be located substantially vertically below the opening 4 a formed at the lower end of the slag bath 4 .
  • the crushing device 7 is configured of a plurality of (three in an example of the embodiment) pairs of slag crushers 11 with each pair including two slag crushers 11 . Also, the crushing device 7 includes a sonar (not illustrated) adapted to monitor whether or not the water-granulated slag S 2 has been accumulated on the main capturing surface 6 b that is the upper surface of the screen mesh 6 and a control device (not illustrated) adapted to drive necessary slag crushers 11 from among the plurality of slag crushers 11 on the basis of information from the sonar.
  • a sonar not illustrated
  • control device not illustrated
  • Each of the slag crushers 11 has two crusher heads (crushing portions) 12 adapted to break, with a pressure, and crush the water-granulated slag S 2 accumulated on the main capturing surface 6 b of the screen mesh 6 , two hydraulic cylinders (drive portions) 13 , each of which is adapted to reciprocate a crusher head 12 in a predetermined direction (in the up-down direction on the paper plane in FIG.
  • two guide plates (regulation portions) 14 adapted to regulate the direction of moving of the crusher head 12 when the crusher head 12 moves, that is, adapted to perform regulation such that the crusher head 12 does not move in a direction that is different form the predetermined direction (a direction that intersects the predetermined direction), and a crushing space 15 that is a space, which is sectioned by the main capturing surface 6 b , the crusher head 12 , and the guide plates 14 , in which the water-granulated slag S 2 is crushed.
  • the three slag crushers 11 are disposed so as to be aligned in a direction (hereinafter, referred to as an “intersecting direction”) that perpendicularly intersects the predetermined direction that is the direction of moving of the crusher head 12 .
  • the three slag crushers 11 cover substantially the entire region of the main capturing surface 6 b. In other words, the space above the main capturing surface 6 b is included in the crushing space 15 of any of the three slag crushers 11 .
  • the two crusher heads 12 are disposed on the main capturing surface 6 b of the screen mesh 6 so as to face each other.
  • the crusher heads 12 are rectangular plate-shaped members made of a material such as stainless used steel (SUS) in terms of corrosion resistance and strength.
  • SUS stainless used steel
  • the crusher heads 12 are caused to reciprocate on the main capturing surface 6 b by the hydraulic cylinders 13 .
  • Each of the two facing crusher heads 12 moves on the main capturing surface 6 b as represented by the arrow in FIG. 7 and pinches and breaks, with a pressure, the water-granulated slag S 2 accumulated on the main capturing surface 6 b.
  • the positions of the crusher heads 12 illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7 are stand-by positions before the reciprocation along the main capturing surface 6 b.
  • the crusher heads 12 are provided with projecting portions 12 a on facing surfaces thereof.
  • the projecting portions 12 a have truncated conical shapes in the example of the embodiment and project from the facing surfaces of the crusher heads 12 toward the facing crusher heads 12 .
  • a plurality of projecting portions 12 a are disposed at intervals in the facing surfaces of the crusher heads 12 .
  • the projecting portions 12 a are secured to the facing surfaces of the crusher heads 12 through welding.
  • each of the crusher heads 12 is disposed and formed such that the uneven shapes formed by the mutually facing projecting portions 12 a are engaged with each other.
  • a material of the projecting portions 12 a is, for example, a stainless used steel (SUS)-based material in terms of corrosion resistance and strength.
  • SUS stainless used steel
  • the shape of the projecting portions 12 a is not limited to the truncated conical shape and may be a circular conical shape, a polygonal pyramid shape, or a polygonal truncated pyramid shape, for example.
  • Each hydraulic cylinder 13 has a rod portion 13 a with one end secured to each crusher head 12 and a main body portion 13 b adapted to reciprocate the rod portion 13 a in a predetermined direction using a hydraulic pressure.
  • the rod portion 13 a is a cylindrical member and is secured to a rear surface of the crusher head 12 that is a surface on the opposite side of the facing surface.
  • the guide plates 14 are secured to the main capturing surface 6 b of the screen mesh 6 .
  • the guide plates 14 are provided so as to stand from the main capturing surface 6 b and extends over the entire region of the screen mesh 6 along a predetermined direction in the embodiment.
  • each of the slag crusher 11 is provided with the two guide plates 14 as described above.
  • the two guide plates 14 are disposed away from each other by a predetermined interval in the intersecting direction so as to be substantially parallel to each other.
  • the separation distance between the two guide plates 14 are set to a distance that is slightly longer than the length of each crusher head 12 in the intersecting direction.
  • the facing surfaces of the two guide plates 14 restrict the direction of moving of each crusher head 12 when the crusher head 12 moves and restrict the crusher head 12 such that the crusher head 12 does not move in the direction that intersects the predetermined direction.
  • the guide plates 14 are not limited to ones extending over substantially the entire region of the screen mesh 6 and may be split into a plurality of pieces and provided so as to stand within such a range that the split guide plates 14 do not interfere with the moving of the crusher head 12 .
  • the crushing space 15 is a space with a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape that has a lower end defined by the main capturing surface 6 b of the screen mesh 6 , has end portions in the predetermined direction defined by the facing surfaces of the crusher heads 12 , and has end portions in the intersecting direction defined by the facing surfaces of the guide plates 14 .
  • the upper side of the crushing space 15 is opened, and the water-granulated slag S 2 is supplied from the upper side into the crushing space 15 .
  • the crushing device 7 Since each of three pairs of slag crushers 11 with each pair including two slag crushers 11 has its own crushing space 15 in the embodiment, the crushing device 7 according to the embodiment has three crushing spaces 15 . As described above, the three crushing spaces 15 are disposed so as to be aligned in the intersecting direction. Thus, the adjacent crushing spaces 15 are sectioned by the positions of the guide plates 14 .
  • the guide plates 14 have communication openings 17 as will be described later, and regions other than the communication openings 17 of the guide plates 14 sandwiched between the crushing spaces 15 among the guide plates 14 play a role in restricting the moving of the crusher heads 12 in the intersecting direction and also play a role as partitioning walls that isolate the crushing spaces 15 from each other.
  • the guide plates 14 with the communication openings 17 formed therein that also serve as partitioning walls will be referred to as partitioning wall guide plates 14 a.
  • the crushing device 7 there are three slag crushers 11 , and four guide plates 14 are thus disposed so as to be aligned at predetermined separation distances in the intersecting direction.
  • the second and third guide plates 14 that isolate the central crushing space 15 are partitioning wall guide plates 14 a.
  • the first and fourth guide plates 14 on both end sides in the intersecting direction may not be the partitioning wall guide plates 14 a.
  • one communication opening (communication portion) 17 penetrating in the intersecting direction is formed at substantially the central region on each partitioning wall guide plate 14 a.
  • the two crushing spaces 15 that the partitioning wall guide plate 14 a faces communicate with each other through the communication opening 17 .
  • the sonar (not illustrated) monitors whether or not the water-granulated slag S 2 has been accumulated on the main capturing surface 6 b of the screen mesh 6 and transmits information regarding the monitoring to the control device (not illustrated).
  • the control device receives the information from the sonar. In a case in which the control device determines that the water-granulated slag S 2 has been accumulated on the main capturing surface 6 b on the basis of the information from the sonar, the control device determines which crushing space 15 out of the three crushing spaces 15 the water-granulated slag S 2 has been accumulated in, drives the hydraulic cylinder 13 corresponding to the crushing space 15 in which the water-granulated slag S 2 has been accumulated, and crushes the water-granulated slag S 2 using the crusher head 12 .
  • the control device is configured of, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), a computer readable storage medium, and the like.
  • CPU central processing unit
  • RAM random access memory
  • ROM read only memory
  • a series of processes for realizing various functions are stored in the form of a program in the storage medium or the like in one example, and the various functions are realized by the CPU reading the program in the RAM or the like and executing processing of modification and arithmetic operations on the information.
  • a form in which the program is installed in advance in the ROM or another storage medium, a form in which the program is provided in a state in which the program is stored in a computer-readable storage medium, a form in which the program is distributed via a wired or wireless communication means, or the like may be applied.
  • the computer-readable storage medium is a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a semiconductor memory, or the like.
  • the discharge portion 8 is disposed at a lower portion of the crushing device 7 in the vertical direction.
  • the discharge portion 8 has a lower hopper 8 a with a tubular inner surface shape with a reverse truncated conical shape or a reverse circular conical shape adapted to receive the crushed water-granulated slag S 2 , a discharge pipe 8 b adapted to communicate with the opening at the lower portion of the lower hopper 8 a, and an opening and closing valve on the downstream side of the discharge pipe 8 b, which is not illustrated.
  • the discharge pipe 8 b extends in the up-down direction and penetrates through the lower end portion of the pressure vessel 2 .
  • the molten slag S 1 generated by the combustor portion 3 flows down from the slag flowing-down ports 3 d.
  • the molten slag S 1 that has flowed down drops into the cooling water W and is rapidly cooled with the cooling water W.
  • the cooled molten slag S 1 is solidified and crushed through the rapid cooling to form the water-granulated slag S 2 .
  • the water-granulated slag S 2 settles down in the water due to its gravity and drops onto the main capturing surface 6 b of the screen mesh 6 .
  • the water-granulated slag S 2 Small than the opening dimension of the through-holes 6 a formed in the screen mesh 6 passes through the through-holes 6 a, drops into the lower hopper 8 a, and is then discharged to the outside of the pressure vessel 2 via the discharge pipe 8 b.
  • the water-granulated slag S 2 larger than the opening dimension of the through-holes 6 a cannot pass through the through-holes 6 a and is accumulated on the main capturing surface 6 b.
  • the water-granulated slag S 2 is accumulated in any of the three crushing spaces 15 .
  • the water-granulated slag S 2 is more likely to be accumulated in the crushing space 15 located vertically below the slag flowing-down port 3 d (the crushing space 15 disposed at the center from among the three crushing spaces 15 in the embodiment).
  • the control device determines which crushing space 15 out of the three crushing spaces 15 the water-granulated snag S 2 has been accumulated in, on the basis of the information from the sonar. Then, the control device drives the hydraulic cylinder 13 corresponding to the crushing space 15 in which the water-granulated slag S 2 is determined to have been accumulated and reciprocates the two crusher heads 12 in the predetermined direction. At this time, the direction of the moving of the crusher heads 12 is restricted by the guide plate 14 , and the direction of moving is restricted such that the crusher heads 12 do not move in the direction that intersects the predetermined direction.
  • the crusher heads that has reciprocated in the predetermined direction sandwich the water-granulated slag S 2 with the projecting portions 12 a disposed on a facing surface and the projecting portions 12 a disposed on a facing surface of the other crusher head 12 at the facing position in an engaged manner, thereby breaking, with a pressure, and crushing the water-granulated slag S 2 .
  • a part of the crushed water-granulated slag S 2 passes through the communication openings 17 formed in the partitioning wall guide plates 14 a and moves to adjacent crushing spaces 15 due to a pressure of the crusher head 12 and generation of a water flow (see the arrows in FIG. 8 ).
  • the control device determines that the water-granulated slag S 2 has been accumulated on the basis of information from the sonar, drives the corresponding hydraulic cylinder 13 , reciprocates the two crusher heads 12 in the predetermined direction, and breaks, with a pressure, and crush the water-granulated slag S 2 .
  • the water-granulated slag S 2 that has been crushed by the crusher heads 12 into a size smaller than the opening dimension of the through-holes 6 a passes through the through-holes 6 a and is discharged to the outside of the pressure vessel 2 via the lower hopper 8 a and the discharge pipe 8 b .
  • the water-granulated slag S 2 discharged from the pressure vessel 2 flows into the foreign matter removing unit 48 .
  • the water-granulated slag S 2 that is still larger than the opening dimension of the through-holes 6 a even after the crushing and the water-granulated slag S 2 has not suitably been crushed are continuously accumulated on the main capturing surface 6 b of the screen mesh 6 .
  • the water-granulated slag S 2 continuously accumulated is crushed again by the crusher heads 12 . This is repeated until the water-granulated slag S 2 becomes smaller than the opening dimension of the through-holes 6 a.
  • the water-granulated slag S 2 is crushed into a size smaller than the opening dimension of the through-holes 6 a by the crushing device 7 and is then discharged from the pressure vessel 2 . It is possible to cause the water-granulated slag S 2 discharged from the gasifier furnace 1 to have a size that is equal to or less than the predetermined particle size in this manner and thereby to prevent blockage of the flow path for discharging the water-granulated slag S 2 to the outside of the pressure vessel 2 .
  • the slag flowing-down ports 3 d for causing the molten slag S 1 to flow down are provided at the bottom surface portion 3 a of the combustor portion 3 , and the molten slag S 1 is caused to flow down along the slag flowing-down ports 3 d. It is thus possible to stably cause the molten slag S 1 to flow down.
  • the communication openings 17 are formed in the partitioning wall guide plates 14 a in the embodiment.
  • the guide plates 14 restrict the direction of moving of the crusher heads 12 in the predetermined direction and restricts the direction of moving such that the crusher heads 12 do not move in the direction that intersect the predetermined direction in the embodiment. In this manner, it is possible to stably cause the crusher heads 12 to move in the predetermined direction when the crusher heads 12 reciprocate in the predetermined direction. Also, even in a case in which a reaction force such as a pressurizing force acts on the crusher heads 12 in a direction that intersects the predetermined direction when the crusher heads 12 moves to break, with a pressure, and crush the water-granulated slag S 2 , the direction of moving of the crusher heads 12 is restricted only to the predetermined direction by the crusher heads 12 and the facing surfaces of the guide plates 14 abutting on each other.
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described using FIGS. 9 and 10 .
  • the embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a water supply nozzle (jetting means) 19 is provided on a side surface of the slag bath 4 .
  • a water supply nozzle (jetting means) 19 is provided on a side surface of the slag bath 4 .
  • the same reference signs will be applied to the same configurations as those in the first embodiment, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
  • the water supply nozzle 19 is disposed on the side surface of the slag bath 4 at a position higher than the upper ends of the guide plates 14 by a predetermined height H and is also disposed such that the longitudinal direction (the direction in which water is jetted) thereof follows the intersecting direction. Also, the water supply nozzle 19 is adapted to jet water (fluid) in the direction that is a horizontal direction and the intersecting direction.
  • the jetting direction of the water supply nozzle 19 passes through the position vertically below the slag flowing-down ports 3 d, and water is jetted so as to be brought into contact with the water-granulated slag S 2 that is about to be accumulated on the main capturing surface 6 b of the screen mesh 6 after the molten slag S 1 generated in and dropping from the combustor portion 3 is rapidly cooled with the cooling water W inside the slag bath 4 .
  • the three crushing spaces 15 are disposed so as to be aligned in the intersecting direction, and the water supply nozzle 19 provided at the slag bath 4 disposed between the combustor portion 3 and the screen mesh 6 is adapted to jet water (fluid) in the direction that intersects the dropping direction of the water-granulated slag S 2 .
  • the water supply nozzle 19 is adapted to jet water (fluid) in the alignment direction of the crushing spaces 15 .
  • the water-granulated slag S 2 dropping from the combustor portion 3 is dispersed in the alignment direction of the crushing spaces 15 with the water jetted from the water supply nozzle 19 . Therefore, since the water-granulated slag S 2 is distributed to each crushing space 15 in a dispersed manner, it is possible to curb uneven distribution of the water-granulated slag S 2 to one crushing space 15 .
  • the jetting direction of the water-supply nozzle is not limited thereto.
  • a water supply nozzle 19 ′ may be provided with inclination at a predetermined angle with respect to the intersecting direction.
  • the jetting direction of the water supply nozzle may be a direction with inclination at a predetermined angle with respect to the intersecting direction to generate a swirling flow above the crushing spaces 15 .
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described using FIGS. 11 and 12 .
  • the embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that dispersing plates (distribution portions) 20 are provided vertically below the slag flowing-down ports 3 d.
  • dispersing plates (distribution portions) 20 are provided vertically below the slag flowing-down ports 3 d.
  • the same reference signs will be applied to the same configurations as those in the first embodiment, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
  • Two dispersing plates 20 are provided between the combustor portion 3 and the screen mesh 6 and are provided so as to be brought into contact with the water-granulated slag S 2 that is about to be accumulated on the main capturing surface 6 b of the screen mesh 6 after the molten slag S 1 generated in and dropping from the combustor portion 3 is rapidly cooled with the cooling water W inside the slag bath 4 . More specifically, the dispersing plates 20 are provided in the vicinity of the upper end of the slag bath 4 .
  • the dispersing plates 20 have a quadrangular pyramid shape obtained by joining four triangular plate materials to each other, for example, and are formed of a material with friction resistance (for example, with an Al 2 O 3 ceramic surface).
  • each of the two dispersing plates 20 is disposed such that the apex of the quadrangular pyramid shape is located substantially vertically below each of the two slag flowing-down ports 3 d. With such disposition, the dispersing plates 20 disperse the water-granulated slag S 2 dropping from the combustor portion 3 in the intersecting direction.
  • the three crushing spaces 15 are disposed so as to be aligned in the intersecting direction, and the dispersing plates 20 provided between the combustor portion 3 and the screen mesh 6 disperse the water-granulated slag S 2 in the intersecting direction.
  • the dispersing plates 20 distribute the water-granulated slag S 2 in a dispersed manner in the alignment direction of the three crushing spaces 15 .
  • the slag is distributed to the three crushing spaces 15 in a dispersed manner, it is possible to curb uneven distribution of the water-granulated slag S 2 to one crushing space 15 .
  • the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • a single dispersing plate 20 may be provided, or three or more dispersing plates 20 may be provided.
  • the dispersing plates 20 may be disposed in a plurality of levels in the up-down direction.
  • the shape of the dispersing plates 20 is also not limited to the aforementioned embodiment.
  • the conical shape may be a polygonal pyramid shape such as a triangular pyramid shape or may be a circular conical shape.
  • the crushing device 7 adapted such that the mutually facing crusher heads 12 sandwich and crush the water-granulated slag S 2 has been described in each of the aforementioned embodiments, the crushing device is not limited thereto.
  • a single crusher head 12 may be provided, and the water-granulated slag S 2 may be sandwiched and crushed between the crusher head 12 and a wall surface.
  • the sonar is provided to monitor the water-granulated slag S 2 on the screen mesh 6 in each of the aforementioned embodiments, the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • a sensor using a light beam or an electromagnetic wave may be used instead of the sonar.
  • the sonar may not be provided, and the hydraulic cylinders 13 may be driven every predetermined time to cause the crusher heads 12 to move, for example.
  • each partitioning wall guide plate as a communication portion that establishes communication between adjacent crushing spaces
  • the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • openings may be disposed and formed at a plurality of locations.
  • the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the coal other carbonaceous feedstock such as high-grade coal and low-grade coal
  • the powder fuel is not limited to the coal and may be biomass used as a reusable biologically-originated organic resource, and for example, it is possible to apply the invention to other powder fuel obtained by crushing thinned wood, waste wood, driftwood, grass, wastes, sludge, tires, and recycled fuels using these as raw materials (pellets and chips).
  • the present invention can similarly be carried out even if the gasifier furnace 1 is a gasifier furnace of a crossover type as long as the positional relationship between the combustor portion 3 and the slag bath 4 is similar to that in the invention.

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